Time at Bletchley, whether as a resident apprentice or a course attendee, is considered to be a formative time in an engineer’s life.

NATS College of Telecommunications Engineering not only trained apprentices, but also provided continuing professional development for existing staff and other companies or countries wishing to take advantage of the comprehensive technical facilities.

A new NATS exhibition space in the National Museum of Computing will open in April 2015.

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Nic Strain

Head E-CS-NATS Wide Services

Nic began his career in NATS in 1981 as an Apprentice based at Bletchley Park. His first posting was to the Telecommunications Engineering Establishment, near Gatwick Airport, where he was subsequently assigned to the newly formed Central Maintenance Unit providing component level repair and diagnostic services for the NATS Technical estate. Consolidation of various sections saw Nic transfer to the Corporate and Technical Centre in 2006 subsequently taking the role of Head NATS Wide Services encompassing Connectivity, Central Maintenance Services, Engineering Planning and Coordination, Calibration, Inventory Management and Non-Directional Beacon regulatory compliance support.

Nic represents NATS on the British Standards institute committee dedicated to the study and management of human exposure to low and high frequency electromagnetic radiation.

When not working Nic will usually be found in or under one of his classic cars.